湖北省襄阳市四校高二英语下学期期中联考试题.doc

湖北省襄阳市四校2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中联考试题本试卷分第i卷（选择题）和第ii卷（非选择题）两部分。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. what does the woman decide to do?a. stay at home. b. go fishing.c. hang out with her friends.2. whats wrong with the man?a. he is sad.b. he is tired.c. he got sand in his eye.3. how does the man manage to dress so well all the time?a. by watching tv.b. by surfing the internet. c. by reading fashion magazines.4. what will the boy do?a. read a book. b. do some cleaning.c. play the video game.5. what does the man suggest they do?a. keep it a secret. b. report it to the board of directors. c. let the news reporter know it.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答6、7题。6. what probably are the speakers going to do soon?a. sing some songs.b. do some exercise.c. watch a movie.7. what do we know about the woman?a. she always supports her words with actions.b. she is unfit.c. she doesnt like the man.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.what probably is the womans job?a. a waitress.b. a hostess.c. a teacher.9. why can the man get the coffee for free?a. he knows the coffee shop owner well. b. he owns the coffee shop.c. his friend works here.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. when does the conversation happen?a. in the morning.b. at noon.c. in the evening.11. what does the man need a new suit for?a. a business meeting.b. a birthday party.c. a wedding.12. how much does the grey suit cost? a. 500.b. 1,500.c.2,500.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what did the man do in his holiday?a. he enjoyed the sunshine at the beach.b. he stayed at home watching tv.c. he worked out in the gym.14. whats the advantage of going back with the car?a. its less stressful. b. its easy to explore the coast. c. its time saving.15. where did the woman live probably?a. in long beach. b. in london. c. in seattle.16. how long did it take the woman to return?a. 1.5 hoursb. 3 hoursc. 5 hours.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what kind of routes should be chosen?a. routes with lots of tree cover. b. routes with lots of people.c. routes with lot of rivers nearby.18. whats the best time to hike in summer probably?a. in the early morning. b. between 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.c. around the sunset.19. what kind of clothing should be avoided when hiking in summer?a. shorts.b. pants.c. jeans.20. what is recommended besides water?a. milk.b. sports drink.c. fruit juice.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项 abefore you know it, the sound of sleigh(雪橇) bells will be heard on your rooftop. if you love the holidays but hate the cold, why not wear your coat and wool gloves this year and celebrate a warm christmas? beaufort, south carolinabeaufort is a small town with a huge heart and is located in heart of the lowcountry. it is close to savannah and charleston, and a short drive to the beaches of hilton head island. its location is great for visiting the larger cities and enjoying the sights and sounds of a small town. december temperatures average in the low 60s.orlando, floridaenjoy everything in orlando without the huge crowds of summer. theme parks have special attractions this time of year, such as “mickeys very merry christmas”, but be aware that some of the special attractions require a separate ticket. orlando temperatures average around 72 degrees in december.san francisco, californiathe city by the bay comes alive in december as it transforms into a wonderland of lights. stay near union square so you are close to all the activities and can easily get around via the historic cable cars. san franciscos december temperatures average in the high 50s.new orleans, louisianacelebrate christmas season in the big easy. the oaks, visited by over 122,000 people last year, has one of the most beautiful christmas exhibitions in the country. many hotels in the area offer papa noel specials, making this a very affordable holiday destination. december temperatures average in the 60s.21. you can easily travel through san francisco by .a. bikeb. taxic. cable card. bus22. spending the christmas in new orleans, you can .a. enjoy a wonderland of lightsb. avoid the huge crowdsc. visit various theme parksd. enjoy papa noel specials23. whats the purpose of writing this passage?a. to describe different celebrations during the christmas.b. to introduce four places to spend a warm christmas.c. to introduce four places special christmas traditions.d. to attract readers to spend christmas there.bdoing their best to clean up their reputationvultures(秃鹫)equipped with cameras have become the main heroes of a creative social media campaign aimed at raising awareness about illegal rubbish dumps in lima.besides its four official landfill sites(垃圾填埋场), the peruvian capital has a lot of illegal dumps, where an estimated 20 percent of its trash ends up as an open-air environmental and health danger. “we have ten vultures equipped with a gps. we also have a bigger group of vultures, just over 20, that are only equipped with a wing tag. in all, the project is designed to last two years,” explains vulture trainer alfredo correa. the vultures are the perfect bird to take on such a task. no preparation was needed: the birds naturally fly together to the landfill sites to feed. they have been trained to fly back to their keepers after each outing. the video they recorded is then posted online.a tv and radio campaign has been launched to promote the program, which shows the birds as heroes who are helping clean up the city. while the scavengers(食腐动物)are mostly terrified by limas residents, its hoped that they might take a different view from now on. “generally the majority of people have a negative view of the vulture, which is often associated with death and other negative things. people dont realize that they play a very important role in nature, especially in lima as they help control a small amount of the large quantity of rubbish we dump,” says correa. since the project was launched, other peruvian cities have reportedly expressed interest in joining. 24. people use vultures equipped with cameras to . a. record the life of vulturesb. help people get rid of trashc. improve awareness about illegal dumpsd. find the gps25. what is the advantage of using vultures to take on the task? a. they dont need preparations.b. they have no enemy in the open air.c. they can find some illegal dumps quickly.d. there are so many vultures in the wild.26. usually, people dislike the vultures, because . a. vultures have something to do with accidentsb. vultures are linked with deathc. vultures are associated with hungerd. vultures are the symbol of money27. what can we infer from the last sentence of this passage? a. no other city will use vultures.b. there will be no illegal trash dump in peru.c. vultures will be used in other cities of peru.d. peruvian villages have no interest in using vultures.cdid you know that the navy trained dolphins to find mines(地雷) which often blow up? apparently, it was a cost effective method; now, the navy are preparing to replace the dolphins with robots, not because they were doing a bad job or because they want to do a more human job, but because, guess what? robots are more cost effective.not particularly known for being humans, theyre also not planning to release or retire the dolphins, but theyre considering what other jobs they could be assigned to probably some just as dangerous.“everyone is familiar with security patrol dogs. you may even know that because of their exceptionally keen sense of smell, dogs like beagles are also used to detect drugs and bombs, or land mines. but a dog would not be effective in finding a sea mine,” reads the navys site. “but just as the dogs keen sense of smell makes it ideal for detecting land nines, the u.s. navy has found that the biological sonar(声呐) of dolphins, called echolocation, makes them uniquely effective at locating sea mines so they can be avoided or removed.”the navy will now equip underwater robots which will do the same job at a bigger distance, without needing constant rest and manned monitor. i, for one, hope the dolphins will be given a break and assigned to a safer task.28. why will robots take the place of dolphins to find mines?a. because dolphins do very bad jobs.b. because dolphins are endangered animals.c. because scientists want to be friendly to dolphins.d. because using robots is cheaper.29. dogs can be used to detect drugs due to .a. excellent sense of smellb. higher iq compared with dolphinsc. echolocationd. biological sonar30. the underlined word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to .a. security patrol dogsb. dolphinsc. sea minesd. the us navy 31. what is the main idea of the passage?a. robots are going to take the place of dolphins to find mines. b. dolphins are good at finding mines.c. robots are welcome by humans because of their efficiency.d. compared to security patrol dogs, dolphins do well in finding sea mines.dwhen i entered high school, i was very slim and short. though i had always been cute, my height was an issue. my parents were considering growth hormones(荷尔蒙).that summer, i tolerated some of the worst pains i have ever felt, worse than any broken bone i had experienced. yet i did not mind these constant pains, recognizing it as growing pains. upon some research, i discovered that there is no medical term for growing pains, because there is no proof of a relation between growth and pain, and that these pains generally do not occur in children of over eleven or twelve. as a teenager of 15 at the time, i conclude that there is a very real relation between growth and pain, and that the only treatment doctors prescribed for this medical mystery is aspirin, and that my body decided to be incredibly lazy for nearly 5 years.now my particular growth patterns could not keep my own mother interested. however, the ideas people have kept of me are in fact worth noticing. to the majority of my high-school colleagues i am still the little kid i was when i walked into the school on my first day; however, my perceptions of them vary little from their first day at school. i am still often made to sit in the middle seat of a car, while my shorter, lighter friends sit on the outside because everybody assumes it will make sense.having a fairly mild character, my friends inability to see the person ive grown into does not bother me. instead, i just wonder what will happen next year at college, with a fresh slate. i know what it is like not to be short, but i have yet to experience the feelings associated with my new figure. perhaps next year, i will be defined by my memory for random events and numbers, my taste in music, or even my love for japanese food. almost anything would be a step up.32. what was the author worried about at high school? a. her study.b. her slimness. c. her relationship.d. her height problem.33. what does the second paragraph mainly tell us? a. the authors growing pains.b. the authors experience of being treated. c. the authors feeling to her school.d. the relation between growth and pain.34. what is the authors main concern now? a. where she will sit. b. how people treat her. c. when she can grow up.d. what people expect of her.35. according to the passage, all of the following can be inferred except that a. in order to become tall, the author suffered a lot.b. the author is still slim and short.c. it matters to the author what she is like in others eyes.d. we can conclude the author is a positive and optimistic person.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。some parents wonder how they can help their children in the performance of education. richard w. riley once said, “the american family is the rock on which a solid education can be built. i have seen examples all over this nation where two-parent families, single parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are providing strong families support for their children to learn. if families teach the love of learning, it can make all the difference in the world to their children. 36 ”read together 37 show your kids how much you value reading by keeping good books, magazines, and newspapers in the house. let them see you read. take them on trips to the library and encourage them to get library cards. let children read to you, and talk about the books. what was the book about? why did a character act that way? what will he or she do next?look for other ways to teach children the magic of language, words, and stories. 38 point out words to children wherever you goto the grocery, to the pharmacy, to the gas station. encourage your children to write notes to grandparents and other relatives.use tv wiselyacademic achievement drops sharply for children who watch more than 10 hours of television a week, or an average of more than two hours a day. parents can limit the amount of viewing and help children select educational programs. 39 this will help children understand how stories are structured. 40 studies show that successful students have parents who create and maintain family routines. make sure your child goes to school every day. establish a regular time for homework each afternoon or evening, set aside a quiet, well lit place, and encourage children to study. routines generally include time performing chores, eating meals together, and going to bed at an established time.a. be honest with children.b. establish a daily family routine.c. parents can also watch and discuss shows with their kids.d. tell stories to your children about their families and their culture.e. so here are steps you can take to improve your childrens education.f. children who read at home with their parents perform better in school.g. however, not all parents have realized that being with their children is so beneficial.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小 题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处最佳选项。it was a cold morning and there was almost nobody walking on the icy road. james, an elderly man, walked with great 41 on the road. as is wellknown to us ,aging is something that everybody must 42 . both his eyesight and 43 failed. just as he was 44 his steps cautiously, a 45 was approaching by and sent him falling into the ditch(小水坑) by the road. 46 what had happened, the driver was scared but he didnt 47 . on the contrary, he fled away in no time. 48 and overweight james was 49 injured and he couldnt move a bit. he could only lie there 50 , hoping 51 kind man could aid him. cold and injured, james gradually lost his 52 .about 10 minutes later, another car 53 near. when the driver, steven, saw someone lying in the ditch by the roadside, he 54 stopped and went out of the car. he put one finger in front of jamess nose and 55 the breath, knowing he was still living. he shouldered him up and carried him into his car. having wrapped a 56 blanket around james, he took off his own coat and covered james. after that he 57 for the nearby hospital. because of the warmth of the blanket and stevens coat, james slowly 58 . knowing it was the young man who had saved him, he erupted into tears ,saying “thank you, kind boy! 59 you i would have died! ” 60 for steven it is a small case, we should always remember these who have helped us when we are in great need.41. a. careb. patiencec. forced. strength42. a. fightb. thinkc. learnd. experience43. a. senseb. abilityc. hearingd. appearance44. a. noticingb. mindingc. seeingd. witnessing45. a. manb. carc. horsed. train46. a. frighteningb. feelingc. conductingd. observing47. a. pick upb. pull overc. go overd. cut down48. a. poorb. sadc. strongd. frightened49. a. greatlyb. badlyc. slightlyd. sharply50. a. quietb. stillc. calmd. safe51. a. everyb. otherc. somed. another52. a. consciousnessb. lifec. wayd. concept53. a. pulledb. pushedc. draggedd. drew54. a. immediatelyb. unwillinglyc. bravelyd. suddenly55. a. touchedb. feltc. smeltd. confirmed56. a. warmb. beautifulc. coldd. elegant57. a. setb. ranc. headedd. rowed58. a. gave backb. got upc. came to d. looked around59. a. forb. withc. withoutd. besides60. a. whenb. asc. becaused. while第ii卷第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 kenya signed an 61 (agree) with china in 2013 to construct a new standard railway from nairobi to mombasa, part of 62 will run through the tsavo national park. the section of the railway that passes through the park is being built at a raised level 63 (allow) space for underpasses (地下通道) for the animals.the tsavo national park is home to kenyas 64 (large) elephant group, according to non-profit organization the tsavo trust. it says there were just over 12,000 elephants in the tsavo national park in 2011. robert obrien is assistant director of the tsavo national park at the ke